Stan, Most Enriching information, yet,
Thank you. I live work in the Los Angeles Metro area, (specifically Torrance & City of Commerce for work, and live in El Monte near Pasadena). So pretty much Southern Ca area. So I ASSUME coverage should not be an issue. E.g. I'm not in the boonies or high desert or Cajon Pass, for those that know SoCal. Here's the deal, I'll pretty much use this at work. which is M-F 8-5am, and want to be able to multitask, and do some Legal Research while not going through the work proxy or firewall, and not under the auspices of the work place compliance/security/ time spent on the internet (E.g. WebSense Server) report. I don't see me moving my laptop around. I won't be mobile, other than going from the car to the office and back. I'm doing my 3rd year of law school, so I need to research some papers 2 or 3 times a year, before work, during lunch, and after work, but I still don't want to do it on company computer, or company time or company bandwidth, or under the auspices of the company watchful eye. So that's my situation. my creteria I guess are: - PRICE first, at $60 for both Sprint and Verizon, there's no difference (GPS, not sure I need or want it, so it shouldn't matter) - a free EVDO card deal with 2 year sign up, is acceptable for me - reliability - bandwidth Thanks to all WUG members for their valuable input! Don On 2/6/08, Stan Slonkosky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Feb 5, 2008 9:57 AM, Don Tran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Can someone help me with a recommendation please? > > I need wireless broadband options to consider. > > Have a look at 3gstore.com . Some of the modems they sell even have > GPS built in. Their prices are discounted a bit from what is sold in > Verizon and Sprint stores. They also run evdoforums.com where you can > ask questions of other users. > > As to whether to go with Sprint or Verizon, look at the coverage maps > to see if they have coverage in areas that are important to you. In > most cases the coverage is pretty much the same but there are areas > where one has EVDO coverage and the other has only the slower 1xRTT > coverage. > > If all other things are equal, I'd probably go with Sprint over > Verizon because doesn't lock features out of their phones because they > want to charge you an extra monthly fee (e.g. the Blacberry that has > GPS that both sell, but is locked out of Verizon's version unless you > pay them an extra $10 a month). Also, Verizon will slow down your data > transfer rates if you use more than 5 GB a month (they used to cancel > your account altogether). > > I have been using a Verizon XV6700 as a modem (not officially > supported by Verizon) as a modem, but my contract's up mid-April and > I'm seriously thinking of switching to Sprint. Sprint didn't have EVDO > coverage in the Flagstaff-Williams area the last time I checked, but I > only go there for a few days about once a year. > -- > Stan Slonkosky > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "SOCALWUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/SOCALWUG SOCALWUG website: http://www.socalwug.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
